Join Android Central for live coverage of IFA 2012 this week!

IFA 2012 kicks off this week, and we're live in Berlin to bring you everything as it happens!

In a couple of days we'll be live from Berlin, Germany, where IFA 2012 will be kicking in and around the Messe Berlin exhibition center. As we've already covered in our IFA 2012 preview, we're expecting big Android announcements from Samsung and Sony, in addition to a few surprises from some of the smaller manufacturers. Among the likely announcements are the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Sony Xperia TX (Hayabusa) and Sony Xperia Tablet.

As part of our IFA coverage, we'll be liveblogging all the major press conferences from the big Android manufacturers, which means you'll have the chance to learn about all their new products as they're announced, which is pretty awesome.

We've got three big press events this year. Here's the full schedule of major IFA press conferences we'll be covering live, along with time zones. (BST = UK time, CEST = German time, EDT = U.S. Eastern time, PDT = U.S. Pacific time)

And remember, it's not just liveblogs -- we'll bring you full hands-on coverage of devices, behind-the-scenes insight from manufacturers, and a special IFA podcast later in the week. It's going to be a busy week in the Android world, so keep it locked to AC for all the live coverage you could wish for!

Samsung better use the same strategy as the SIII and release the Note II on all major carriers at the same time. If they go exclusive then I will be livid. I feel we have moved past exclusive product line launches. I think the SIII proves that.